By Chris de Cordova on 15-Jul-2017 - The ART LtR 50/50 club June draw was done on a “Codgers” bell ringing outing in Cumbria on a ‘lovely’ wet day. The group of eager ringers who are free to ring in the daytime midweek (i.e. retired) held their breath in anticipation of their own number being drawn, or at least that of someone […] Read more
By Ruth Suggett on 11-Jul-2017 - In the July 2017 edition of Tower Talk, there is a feature on a visit to the Whitechapel Bell Foundry which cast Big Ben! The name Big Ben is often used to describe the tower, clock and bell but the name was first given to the Great Bell, cast at Whitechapel in April 1858. The […] Read more
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By Nick Harrop on 10-Jul-2017 - The millions of tourists who flock every year to the Fylde coast to enjoy its glorious sunshine were joined on Saturday, 8th. July, 2017 by Graham Nabb and Paul Lewis from the Association of Ringing Teachers (ART), to deliver Module 1 of the ‘ART Training Scheme’ to the Fylde branch of the Lancashire Association of […] Read more
By Roger Booth on 10-Jul-2017 - It was a hot sticky evening on Thursday and six ringers from East Molesey came to Christ Church Isle of Dogs to join our local band practice and also enter our challenge striking competition. They turned up on time, all smartly dressed in matching T-shirts and although apprehensive about their abilities, they were keen to have […] Read more
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By Christopher Wright on 06-Jul-2017 - The first six of the new eight at Kildwick are now cast… Readers of my previous blogs will know that the Kildwick MiniRingers are a group of eight year 5 and year 6 children from our local (church) primary school. We do a lot of ringing-related things but can’t – at the moment, anyway – […] Read more
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By Karen Dickinson on 06-Jul-2017 - Tutored by Neil Donovan, this is Module 1 of the ART Training Scheme (teaching bell handling) taking place at Christ Church, North Shields (10 bells, 16cwt). The day is a mixture of theory and practical exercises in the tower with a lunch break, during which the local bell team will be providing a buffet lunch […] Read more
By Sandra Underwood on 03-Jul-2017 - On 23rd and 24th June something very special happened at Lincoln Cathedral – a Heritage Skills Festival was held in conjunction with the City of London Livery Companies. The event arranged by the Cathedral and was the largest skills festival of its type to be held outside of London. The number of displays were too […] Read more